Leer-charging device.



R. LA FRANCE.' LEER CHARGING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILEAD SEPT. l5 l9l3.

Patented Mar; .11,l 1919.

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` Afro/mns R. LA'FRNCE.

LEER cAHARGlNG nEvrcE. AP'PUICATIOQI HLED SEPT. 15. 1913.

yPatented Mar. 11

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Eig. V isiagsection onl STATES, 1mm

Q. alb/whom 'iii-'laag' concern; f

'liie'fit-known,v that 1,' R1CHARD' LA FRANCE,

i esiding at- Toledo,'in`thecounty of Lucas 5l fjandva State ofi Ohio, 'have invented certain ing mechanism Fig. l;

. riiew` andj useful vImprovements in Leer.-

I Charging Devices, of which the. following a'j specification, reference being' had there- .gi'n t'o 4the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto improvements 5 11r;.apparatus for transferring glassware to jfleers. The/ mechanism herein shown is' in- ;.{teii1ded"to be used particularly for taking afblowing orforniing machine', and depositingthe'm yin -rows upon'the leer carrier. I

:'t ierefrom'upon an inclined chute, 2, and by4 gravity this bottle will'- .be projected li'avej shown an apparatus designed particularly for 'taking bottles-from such Aal inachine as shown in lthe atent to W.' E. Bock, ',No. ,870,664,4dated ovem'ber 12, 1907, in which, the bottles 'are dropped outA from th'e bl'c'iw-inold jready vfor annealing, onefbyone, and1as lthey-'are dropped they; are

carrier and their transferred. "from horizontal position 'to -a vertical position upon the' leer-carrier'. Thefinventio'n rcoi'isists in-- mechanism for, arranging the bottles in 'rows and 'ztransferringthe rows to the., leer, .and

j in the construction, combination and.. ar-

rangement `of parts hereinafter 'describedand claims.

In'theidrawingsiFigure a plan view E1,9.ofthe:niechanisnias Van entirety, with pa-rt Aofthe transverse carrier removed, showing more clearly .the .parts beneath; Fig. A L14 is machine landthe; chute for 'delivering the ahottlesto the `holder of the feed-carrier;

tieni' of the transverse carrier; {'Fig. 4 visla .v'ertic' the! middle of lthe;'feed-'car rierj sprocketwheelsshown in "Fig, 3j;

'gifglasswara 'i 'such as' lbottlesl or other vilar ware, asthe sameare delivered from more particularly pointed mitin' the a view illustrating the' mold of Lthe'blowing .sigan an eniargedfpiai Bf the' 'ais'. 'I-sfjv-z-.chargeedlof the feed-carrier-andya :por-

alcentralsection amig-zag 1in@l ig. .6. is a front.'vele:vatic'li ofthe fmecb.

pionieren I1.1i F:i u ii\icn or TOLEDO, omo, Assieivoia To .THE croignnociiasslcomrm, or

" n 5 monumento,A'coaronii'rion oF omo. -Y 1 j j iLEEii-cnnneiiie DEVICE,

l S).dification'cf Letters Patent; PtentedMaL1, 1919.- 'nppiication inea-september '15.191'3. "seii'aiim'zsaiia' Y' nisin shown in Fig.u`2`,` wiith'the left-liand portion of the transverse'carrier removed; citizen of the,Umted'States'of'Anierica,

Fig. 7 is a front elevation ofthevv operatat the 4left-hzri'nd end of ing.A s isl an end eievatioil'qf the. ,feed Inechanisnn lookingl fromthe vleft-hand of Fig. v10 'is an' endl elevation of ,the supi' 'port for ,the tilting-frame" looking from the I have; indi ated at 1,r `the'blow-mold of a blowing machine of the type described,

'showing a bottle, -1,' about to be discharged `the horizontal? sprocketewheelgl', 6,1' supported upon suitable frame work. -The wheel 5 is an idle fwheehbut thejsprocketwheel has secured to its underface a gearwheel,. 8, (Fig. 4'), Vthe sprocket-wheel and length vof this chain and-its arran'gemen in 'relation to the rest', ofthe mechanism e# 1 pende upon the location 'of the blowfmachine gear-wheel .being of. ring-shape and' journaled' in a bearing), of ythe frame.'`

Adjacent to. thegeanwheel-.S isja verti f cal shaft, l10, having at its upperend' a pinion,` 11,v and 'at' its lower endia gear- .Wheeh 12," which is I'driven vby a beveled' pinion, 13,',on a shaft, 14, which is prefera'bly driven 'by' the` rd'rive mechanism of the blowingmachine' .so as. to be :timed therewith.-

This drive Y connectionr 1s not shown as it may be any siiitablelconstruction.' A.In order to removethe bottles from the, holders 3 4and arrange them Iin rows, I' employ a pnsher,16; supported in a' .guid'e,-

17,' l'on `they frame-v of the vinachine" and.ach tuated by a lever, 18a'rranged within-the Irin, ;shaped vsprocket-wheel iand gear-Wheel 'and journaledfatits lowerend on abracket,

'20."` lever Aprovidedjiii'iqi 'a vside' lbears against the. cam will pusher, push the bottle off of theholder bracket, 2-1, carrying a roller,- 22, .which i a cam 23, on the shaft 14; i

the frame ofthe machine 'an .this cam being arranged so that as each lholder, 3, comes oppositev the pusher. 116 permit a` spring-pressed 24, -to move the lever `forward and .3, and-then.

"the cam Will move it backward readyfor a row across 'theend ofthe leer; the longi-l f vt'udinal aXis of the leer being the next operation.

Beside the delivery point of the pusher- 1'64 is arranged. a horizontal guide-Way,25 A'over which runs an endless chain, 26,` ing. upon ,it they holders7 27, arranged in close proximity so that -the bottles pushed ofi' -by the pusher 16 will be arranged'in at right-angles' with the endless chain 26; This endless chain 26 extends leer 20 and at its ends passes over sprocket- 37, 438, the sprocket-Wheel 38 being an -i'dler and the sprocket-whe`el 3 7, being the'driven wvheel, issecured to its shaft 31 1 uponvvhich issecuredithe gear-Wheel,` 32, f 2 5 driven by a pinion, 33, on a' shaft, 34, .which receives motion from the. shaft 14. through a beveled .pinion 35, and

arated plates,"

upon suitable guides in the leer (not shown). and connected together by-a sprocket-chain ,I jpassing over sprocket-Wheels 41 (indicated in-Figs.b 6 vand 9 and in dotted lines in Fig.

' 5) -upon a'transverse'shaft,42;

By reference to Fi the chain 26 and hol v vto but beyondth'e' end of the leer carrier 40' which passes over the I been pushed by holders 27 of the v from-the. holders 50,v which I designate an uprighter as it 'turns the lbottles from horizontal to uprighty position and deposits them upon the leer.

j ingal rolle!` at its tween the vertical 5, it will .be seen that ers 27 are in proximity' sproket-Wheels '41.- When v4a sufficient number of bottles have the pusher 16. upon the chain 26 to form a row of the Width of the leer carrier, they are pushed 27 upon a rocking frame,

The transferring device, or pusher, which movesithe bottles from-the holders27 to the -'up'righter,` comprises-y carried .'by arms, 53,' 54:.v 'These. :upon the standard, 56, of the frame.

vthis slide being bifurcated, or aperit whenl the vslides are rocked, as will be shortly-described. toa.. shaft, 5.8,

The lever .which extends the machine and is 56" is secured to the end of .ing the shaft 58 -and the .to opposite Sides' of the' head or pusher 52, that .head tilted orlifted out of the path (beveled gear.

each ofa length substantially equal to the Width of the leer and fornnng the leer carrier;.these plates being supported holders 27, by a spring,

- by the fact that the roller at. the

-righter to theleer-carrier ising the uprighter from horizontal to rvertical position about 1ts pivot, the uprighter being The rack-bar 82, at the left-hand end provided on its unde`r-y jona bracket, 85,

fend o'f which a 'slide-Bar, 60,55 seemed@ This I is provided Vproi'fided with an indented camway, 63, into Y which theroller 61 may engage,thus rock-A lever 56 and movm0 the head 52' toward the leer, 'ushin nient of the head 52 is produced bvja spring,

PI the row of bottles fromthe hoiiiers l27 -upon. thegupri'ghter. This forward Inove- 64, seculqto the lever andfto a part ofthe A machine'.A v'The cam-way of the roller 61' -is shaped to rapidlydreturnthe pusher't its inltial roller.

`On the returnmovement of the head 52, in order that-the incomingbottles or Ware fed 'off by the lever 18 may not strike the v'or pusher is of the bottles.'

This tilting movement' is permitted by the fact that the guide is pivoted at 55, as bef -fore described, and is accomplished by means of an arm, 65,` secured to the guide 54 and .by a link,"66, to .a bell-crank lever, 67, one arm of Whichis connectedto the llink and theother arm to apush-rod, 68, which push'- rod extends to the end ofthe machine and is provided at its end With 'a roller adaptedto be struck and actuated by av cam, 6 9, on

positlonby a" reverse movement of the the side ofthe s'iprocket-Wheel 37. As soon .i

as the push-rod has passed over the 'cam,.the pusher-head 52 is returned toits normal position in line vwith thev bottles on the 70, 'sleeved upon a. pin,` 71, sliding in pivoted bearingsy on' the'l frame and connected by a pivoted joint atitsg'upper fend to the guide 54; it being head is permitted in relation to the lever 18 the vert-ical located over 4the horizontal portion of the leer-carrier.y The uprighter frame, 50, 1s provided with suitable concai'e seats, 75,

which prevent the bottlesfrom rolling sidewise, and at its end yit is provided. with disks.`76,' -supported o1 1.1o lle1-s,r"?7, 78 and the frameat each end;

upper end obvlous that the'tilting movement ofthis I l effected by mov- 79. these krollers Abeing supportedv in a bracket. 80.l on

cured to fthe sideofthe disks are pinions; 81. I

82,', 83. of the with which mesh vertical rack-bars.

leer (look-ing toward theleerf'is connected at its lower end n All on' i; it" after'the uprighter-ha's been charged. with-1 -b llcrank lever beingiconn'ected to-.- y 3. The combination of 'a zleer-carrier, 'a'

end:ofttherack-bari,. Bytthe pivoted frame across and overtheendtheref t 'i connections described, as the'caIn-Wheel 62;,` `oi, |pinions secured't0 the tilting frame; rackfabout its pivot, fromhorizontal-,to vertical 4.. Ifhe- ..combination o a leerecarriergga" position, 'moving the bottles wlth'it' so1 that {tilting-frame. pivotedacross fand valcove""thei "they rest upon theleelp-Il.; as[Clii'll SllOWn. ig rear end thereof, a--transvers'e carrier havingi5,in-'Fig; 5.- The uprighter is then-re'tur'ned-j4 a, flight parallel with andadjacent the 'end gs' .to-its horizontal position, ready for another f foff the tilting. fr'anie, a .roW of ware-'holders' 4charge'of bottles. p v Thezleer-'carrier is movedforward h'yany? charge yof the Ware from the transverse car- )suitable mechanism, timed with the feeding 'Xrie'rfupon the tiltingframe, Iand means for on.. the frame, afpusher adapted to inove" a 20 mechanism"Ihave-v described. I preferably" l tilting-tile rameito discharge the Ware uponh provide'ashoe (not shown) on the cam-Wheell the leer-carrier; e v 162,'Which, at the ,propertime in fthe jrevoluT 51The'coxnbination of a'horizontal-cartioiiof the wheel, will"closethe circuitand ier,l4, having warefholders thereoin'a trans-1 set in motion-a motor lfor'driving the leer l 'verse'.earrier' having complementary ware- 'E `25 carrier thedistance of. onel row of loottles,. holders thereon, arranged across va leer-car-l 90 with the necessary space between, a'nd Will 'rier,"a reciprocating pusher, for'moving the thenbreak thej circuit and'fthe .motor v\fi*ll' bott1esl from-the iirst-mentioned carrier' to stop. This driving motor and electric switch 'the transverse carrier, a tilting frame over is of they usual and ordinary. construction -the end of theleer-carrier, anda pusher for so "and I do not deernit'neeessary to shov7 the moving a row 'of the .Ware-froin-the trans- 49.5'v I' same; but I have s hoWn, as indica-ted at 95, vversc carrier upon the tiltingframe.,

96, Va switch and circuit' 'v vires vfrom the 6.' In 'a leercharging .apparatus the comswitch to the motor. bination with the horizontal feed. carrier The. parts beingjthus constructed, theopl `'having Ware holders thereon of" the ring- 35 'eratio'nof the described lparts will lorin theshaped lsprocket Wheel 6V aroundwhich sald '10o'` y-bottlesl 'tofand' upon the holder s 27 o the A--feed-'c'arrierf passes, a-'pusher lever. for rnov-4 "endless 'carrier 26 across the end ofthe lee'r, ing 'the'gware'[frorntheholders of' the feed until .a-complete row .ofbottle'shavebeen carrier, arranged ivvithin 'theI ringshaped placed thereon.1.. At this time the, pusher.- .sprocket-Wheel, the leer carrier, andmeans 4 0 head 52 will push the bottles from the'holdf :for feeding theware to .the-leer carrier. 11o-5f" ers 27 upon the uprighter-frameio whichv ,.7.. In a leer charging -apparatus the "coml will thenbe turned upon its pivot,'1noving binatio'n'of the Ifra1ne,. the! ring-shaped the bottles from' horizontal to .vertical posi- 'f sprocket Wheel 6, the feed carrier passing tion upon the leer-carrier; the uprighter bes. around the same, the gear wheel 8 secured-'to-A '45ing their returned to. its. normal position, the ring-shaped sprocket Wheel,adrive'pin '1.1.0' I

ready for'anothercharge, l ion engaging the saline, aA reciprocating" It sobvious' that the-chute 2-niay deliver pusher lever'wit'hin the ring-shaped sprocket;`

the bottles directly upon the-holders 27 of. Wheel,a leer carrier, andmeans yfor'ieeding the endless chain'26, providedthe blowingv the Ware'jto the'leercairierfV i0 machine is -arrangedin theJ proper-relation 8. In a Aleer'cha'rging apparatus, Vthe "conn 1'15 'l to the'carrier. Inthis case, the'bottle holdbinat'ion of a leer carrier V adapted to move ers 3, the carrier-4 andthe transferv mechlongitudinally ofjthe leerjtunneh a sprocket a'ni'srn for pushing' the bottles from lthe Wheel adjacentbutseparated' frointheleer holders '3 tothe holders 27 could be omitted. carrier, -awarefcarrier passing around said 55 `lllhat I claim as lny invention `is: l 'Y v wheeh'a transverse 'carrier adjacent the wheel,- v120 1. :The combination with a leercarrier of means for moving the ware' from the wa'rea ivoted frame arranged over the end there- -earrier to the 'transverse carrier, a ilt-ing o adapted to hold a frow of glass articles, frame beside the transverse carrier an over' means forfeedng a I ow of4 articles thereon, the receiving end vofthe leer carrier,'m'ean s 60 and means vfor tilting the articles upon the leer-carrier. carrier onto the tilting frame 'andfor tilt- 2. The cornhinationfwith aleer-carri of ing the frame; a pivoted frame", arranged over theaen of 9. In a leer charging apparatus, thev com` Athe leer-carrier, atransverse'carrier adjacent bina'tion' with a' leer carrier of an endlessV theframe to discharge lfor. .moving the. Ware from the :transverse 1251 c5-'to andjparallel with 'the p ivoted" frammkfeed carrer'havlng longitudmal ware sup- 130.

1 in thiefEfngshaped sprQcket-whee1'- .for

\ ports,i`ag`sprocket wheel laround which the '.carrier. passes', said wheel vbeing located at ,one side of thereceiving end of the 1eer:car-.

`rier,.'a radial. pJisher, for feeding ware off ,he ndless :feedcarrier, and 'means for rethe Ware thus. pushed ofi"` and for' (ibi-ving ltinrows upon the receiving end of l *Weier carrier.

leombnation of yan i jasses; a receiing-carrier adjacent Vthe ringv.f1.7 ed'Sproket-Wheel and-a pushing device pushing the ware from'the holders on the ,endless carrier upon the recelvmg carrier,- and means for transferring the Ware from the'receiving-arrier to the leer-carrier.

11. The combination with a leer carrier, -amovable frame positioned across and over the A end thereof, and vmeans for causing a movement .of said frame totilt the latter for the purpose described-` 4 In testimonywhereof I aiix my slgnature 25 'in presence of two Witnesses,

w ICHARD LA FRANCE T. H. Mmm, i K. F. RISSER. 

